Toyota Yaris Tires

The subcompact Yaris replaced the ubiquitous Tercel in the late 90s. Available as five-door hatchback and sedan models, the Yaris replaced the Scion brand a few years back. While the Yaris is perceived as an economy Toyota, it’s also available in performance trim in the form of the GR Yaris. Fun and practical, the Yaris offers the kind of solid dependability and workmanship Toyota drivers have come to expect. Latter-day versions of the Yaris are available with 4WD, a hybrid drivetrain and 5-door body style, while the GR Yaris can be had with a 3-door hot-hatch configuration.

Here at SimpleTire, we put together a list of some of the best Toyota Yaris tires, including all-season, all-weather and ultra-high-performance tire choices, using SimpleScore. So without further ado, let’s get to it:

1. General Altimax RT45 - Best All-Season Tire

First off we have the Altimax RT45 from General Tire. Don’t let the lower price point of the General Altimax RT45 fool you, this tire offers great performance and great value. It’s a superb choice in all kinds of weather conditions thanks to a tested all-season tread design, and General Tire stands behind the Altimax RT45 with either a 65,000 or 75,000 mile limited manufacturer tread life warranty (depending on tire size). We did the calculations and gave the Altimax RT45 a SimpleScore of an outstanding 9.9 for longevity. You can count on the Altimax RT45 to deliver year-round traction, a forgiving ride, low noise, and predictable, consistent handling and braking performance (SimpleScore for traction: 9.0). With a network of sipes and lateral grooves and a solid center rib that boosts road manners and steering response, we give the Altimax RT45 a SimpleScore of 8.7 for handling. Another innovation is the visual alignment indicators that alert a driver to wheel alignment that’s out of spec, and the words “Replace Tire” molded into the tread to display when tread depth reaches a minimum of 2/32”. Select sizes of the Altimax RT45 are available with a great-looking outlined white letter sidewall.

2. Toyo Celsius II - Best All-Weather Tire

All-weather tires are a new-ish category; you can think of them as an all-season tire that’s designed with features that can enhance winter performance, so they more or less split the difference between all-season and dedicated winter tires. The Toyo Celsius II is a great example of an all-weather tire, with the ride comfort, handling and low noise of a Grand Touring tire along with enhanced grip and performance in wet or wintry conditions. Sure enough, the Toyo Celsius II is Three Peak Mountain Snowflake certified for severe winter conditions, with a silica-rich tread formulation that’s designed for long wear as well as improved traction in wet or wintry conditions. The Celsius II’s asymmetric tread is designed with large, solid tread blocks and a dense pattern of multi-wave sipes that provide hundreds of extra hair-thin edges to chew through snow and slush, for a SimpleScore of 8.5 for traction. That tread pattern and a high-stiffness polyester casing with two steel belts, a jointless nylon cap ply and a stiff shoulder all add up to great cornering, braking, steering response and high-speed stability, for a SimpleScore of 8.6 for handling. All those features also contribute to our SimpleScore of 9.6 for longevity (and for a Toyo limited manufacturer tread life warranty of 60,000 miles).

3. Nexen N’Priz AH8 - Best All-Season Performance Tire

The Nexen N’Priz AH8 is a performance-oriented all-season tire that comes in at an affordable price point, making it a great pick for a Toyota Yaris. Nexen’s wear-resistant silica-enhanced rubber formulation and extra tread depth are enough for Nexen to offer a 70,000 mile tread life warranty – and enough for us to give the N’Priz AH8 a SimpleScore of 9.6 for longevity. That extra tread depth, along with an all-season tread design and dense network of sipes, rates a SimpleScore of 8.4 for traction. Stable internal construction, the stickier silica-rich tread formulation and tread design also all add up to great cornering, braking, road manners and steering response. For such immediate, precise handling, we noted a SimpleScore of 8.8.

While these are the best Toyota Yaris tires on the market today, there are plenty of other options available. Here are a few more that you might want to consider:

4. Yokohama Avid Ascend GT - Great All-Season Tire

For a refined ride, great handling properties and year-round grip, the Yokohama Avid Ascend GT is another great choice. Yokohama’s Tri-Blend Compound Technology incorporates a low-tG polymer and high silica content for excellent wet-weather traction and wear characteristics, for a 65,000 mile tread life warranty – which is why we decided on a SimpleScore of 8.5 for longevity. All-season traction comes from an asymmetric tread pattern with notched tread blocks, 3D sipes, and a stable contact patch that all add up to a SimpleScore of 8.6 for traction. We’re also impressed by this tire’s steering response, road manners and cornering, with a stiff shoulder and tread area that resists deformation and tread squirm, for a SimpleScore of 8.7 for handling. The Avid Ascend GT also is part of Yokohama’s BluEarth series of tires, which means the tire is designed with environmental sustainability in mind.

5. Arroyo EcoPro A/S - Good All-Season Tire

We’re going to round things out with the Arroyo EcoPro A/S, a budget-priced all-season tire that outperforms its price point. Thanks to a durable tread compound, deep tread depth, and stable internal design, the EcoPro A/S is backed by a 55,000 mile limited manufacturer’s warranty, enough for us to note a SimpleScore of 7.3 for traction. The Arroyo EcoPro A/S is designed with circumferential grooves that sweep water away from the tire’s contact patch to resist hydroplaning, and a dense sipe pattern with varied sipe sizes for a SimpleScore of 7.3 for traction. The optimized contact patch and stiffer shoulder deliver responsive, immediate cornering, braking and steering performance, for a SimpleScore of 8.2 for handling.

Order Toyota Yaris Tires Online

Buying tires online can be a stressful process, but it really doesn't need to be. SimpleTire offers a simple approach to finding the tires that are best for you and your Toyota Yaris. Select your Toyota Yaris below, then tell us a few more things such as year and trim level to determine your tire size. From there, we'll show you tires that fit your vehicle and are the best match based on performance characteristics, but you can also look for the best value tires, tires that are on sale or part of a promo, have the longest tread life, and much more